Country
Seychelles Peru
Leader
President: James Michel James
President : Ollanta Humala
Population
90,024 29,549,517
Life Expectancy
73.770 years 72.730 years
Capital City
Victoria Lima
Largest city
Victoria (population: 22,881) Lima (population: 7,737,000)
Human Development Index
0.836 0.788
GDP per capita
$25,000 US $10,200 US
Literacy Rate
91.8% 87.7%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8 3.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.5% 29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
2.000% 7.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
republic constitutional republic
Independence date
29 June 1976 (from UK) 28 July 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% (2002 census) Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
Languages
Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
Exports
canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
External Debt
$1,470,000,000 $ $36,980,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.000% 1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Area
455 km sq 1,285,216 km sq
Coastline
491 km 2,414 km
Climate
tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes